The Barringer Medal and Award recognize outstanding work in impact cratering and/or work that has led to a better understanding of impact phenomena. This honor was first presented in 1984 to honor the memory of D. Moreau Barringer Sr. and his son D. Moreau Barringer Jr. and is sponsored by the Barringer Crater Company. The senior Barringer was the first to seriously propose an impact origin for the crater that now bears his name. For nearly two decades he defended this theory against the vast majority of scientific opinion. The junior Barringer was the first to identify the Odessa crater, the second known impact site on Earth.
Members are strongly urged to nominate candidates for the Barringer Award. Yearly nomination deadline: February 15. The procedures for nominations may be found in the Barringer Award Committee bylaws and rules.
Learn more: Barringer Award Committee
- 1984 Shoemaker, Eugene M.
- 1985 Dietz, Robert S.
- 1986 Gault, Donald E.
- 1987 Engelhardt, Wolf J. von
- 1988 Dence, Michael R.
- 1989 Barnes, Virgil E.
- 1990 Grieve, Richard A. F.
- 1991 Masaitis, Victor
- 1992 Chao, Edward C. T.
- 1993 Stöffler, Dieter
- 1994 Roddy, David W.
- 1995 Cassidy, William A.
- 1996 Hörz, Friedrich
- 1997 Ahrens, Thomas J.
- 1998 Ivanov, Boris A.
- 1999 Melosh, H. Jay
- 2000 Baldwin, Ralph B.
- 2001 Basilevsky, Alexander T.
- 2002 French, Bevan M.
- 2003 Ryder, Graham
- 2004 Schulz, Peter H.
- 2005 Glass, Billy P.
- 2006 Schmidt, Robert M.
- 2007 Koeberl, Christian
- 2008 Kyte, Frank T.
- 2009 Reimold, Uwe
- 2010 Hartmann, William
- 2011 Bohor, Bruce F.
- 2012 Smit, Jan
- 2013 Alvarez, Walter
- 2014 Deutsch, Alexander
- 2015 Artemieva, Natalia
- 2016 Holsapple, Keith
- 2017 Fujiwara, Akira
- 2018 Kenkman, Thomas
- 2019 Cintala, Mark
- 2020 Joanna Morgan
- 2021 Osinski, Gordon
- 2022 Collins, Gareth & Wünnemann, Kai
- 2023 Schmitz, Birger
- 2024 Spray, John